There isn't one single answer for the "longest missing child," as cases vary globally, but some of the longest-unsolved cases include Marjorie West (missing in the U.S. in 1938) and cases like Australia's Paddy Hildebrand (1987) and Ireland's Mary Boyle, highlighting enduring mysteries. "Baby Holly" Clouse, found alive after 40 years, shows some cases have unexpected resolutions, but many remain unsolved, with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) tracking ongoing cases like Mary Flanagan (missing 1959).
Madeleine Beth McCann (born 12 May 2003) is a British missing person, who at the age of 3 disappeared from her bed in a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Lagos, Portugal, on the evening of 3 May 2007. The Daily Telegraph described her disappearance as "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history".
Two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr. vanished from Timber Creek Campground in Idaho on July 10, 2015, while camping with his family. The case remains unsolved despite extensive searches and investigations.
Marvin Clark, is currently the longest active missing persons case. Despite the fact that Marvin and anyone that would have Known him would be Long gone now. Marvin was Born in 1852, Nearly 9 years before the American Civil War. He went missing October 30th 1926, while going to see his daughter in Portland Oregon.
Luis Armando Albino was six years old when he was kidnapped by a stranger in 1951. A DNA test his niece took "just for fun" led to his family discovering their long-lost relative more than 70 years later.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., 20-month-old son of the famous aviator and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, was kidnapped about 9:00 p.m., on March 1, 1932, from the nursery on the second floor of the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey.
Baby Holly's story shocked the world in 2021 when she was found alive. She'd been missing for more than 40 years. Her story started back in 1981 when a young couple was found murdered, and no one knew who they were.
A woman who went missing 52 years ago has been found alive and well after police released a grainy photograph as part of an appeal, solving one of Britain's longest-running missing person cases. Sheila Fox, now 68, disappeared from Coventry in 1972 when she was 16.
According to data from the 2019 United States Census, people who are Black or African American make up 13.4% of the United States population (QuickFacts). However, nearly 40% of missing persons are people of color (“Statistics,” Black and Missing). Black children make up about 33% of all missing child cases.
The father of a two-year-old girl who vanished in 1981 has revealed how his vow to solve the mystery led him away from thoughts of self-harm. No trace has ever been found of Katrice Lee, who went missing on her birthday near a military base in Germany where her father Richard was stationed.
On May 17, 2017, Ayla was declared dead by the State of Maine.
Asha Degree's disappearance
Asha Degree disappeared at the age of 9 on Feb. 14, 2000 from her home in Shelby, North Carolina -- hence her nickname Shelby's Sweetheart. At around 6:15 a.m. that day, Degree's parents woke up to find the then-9-year-old girl missing. Both her and her backpack were gone.
On July 1, 1874 two little boys were abducted in front of their family's mansion. It was the first kidnapping for ransom in the history of the United States, and would be the major event of its kind until the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. The boys were named Charley and Walter Ross; they were 4 and 6 years old.
OCR: In 2016, Edgar Latulip was found alive nearly 30 years after he vanished. He had suffered a head injury that caused memory loss and lived under a new identity just 80 miles away. Flashbacks eventually helped him recall his real name, which he shared with witha a social worker. DNA testing confirmed his identity.
Kidnapping for ransom is a common occurrence in various parts of the world today. In 2018, the United Nations found Pakistan and England had the highest number of kidnappings while New Zealand had the highest rate among the 70 countries for which data is available.
The targets of hate crime
Of the 11,679 hate crimes reported: 5,866 were on the basis of race. 3,004 against Black people. 797 against Latinx people (the second highest ever recorded).
Marvin Clark, is currently the longest active missing persons case. Despite the fact that Marvin and anyone that would have Known him would be Long gone now. Marvin was Born in 1852, Nearly 9 years before the American Civil War. He went missing October 30th 1926, while going to see his daughter in Portland Oregon.
Ms Murphy, aged 51 at the time she went missing, was last seen alive on February 4, 2024, when she left her home in Ballarat for a morning run. Her body has not been found despite a number of police and community searches.
Body found in River Thames identified as missing schoolgirl Kaliyah Coa. The family of an 11-year-old girl have said she “went to a birthday party and never returned home” after her body was confirmed to have been found in the River Thames.
Holly Marie, the woman known as 'Baby Holly,' was found to be alive and well after being missing for 40 years. Dean and Tina Clouse left the sleepy beach town of New Smyrna in 1980 with Holly Marie in tow. The couple first stayed with family in Baltimore before driving to Lewisville, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.
Santiago-Holly did not attend the funeral and has never visited the grave site. In an interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, she later said, "In a way, I blame myself. I was not feeling well when he left. I was two weeks pregnant, and I wanted Buddy to stay with me, but he had scheduled that tour.
In front of their friends and family, Andrew confesses all to Wendy about his affair with Holly, and how she's now pregnant with his child. Heartbroken and betrayed, Sadie confronts Holly, who can't bear looking at her best friend.
Arianna is still missing, while her mother's body was discovered buried in McLaren Park on April 8, 2016.